美國商業(yè)大亨傳奇 第68期:新的對手(10)

There is no success without risk taking,and I thinkthat is actually what distinguishes the captains ofindustry from others.

不冒險就沒有成功 這正是行業(yè)領(lǐng)袖和一般人的區(qū)別

Morgan gives Edison what amounts to eighty-threemillion dollars today,and together they form a newbusiness,the Edison Electric Light Company.

摩根給了愛迪生折合到現(xiàn)在高達(dá)8300萬美元的錢 他們一同建立了一家新公司 愛迪生電燈公司

Funding Edison is a huge risk for Morgan,and goes against everything his father taught him.

為愛迪生提供資金對摩根而言是一個巨大的風(fēng)險 而且同父親的教誨完全相背

For years, Morgan was instructed to avoid investing in new and unproven industries.

多年來 父親一直教導(dǎo)摩根不要投資未被證明的新行業(yè)

But where his father sees risk,J.P. Morgan sees opportunity.

父親只看到了風(fēng)險 但J·P·摩根卻看到了機(jī)遇

I think what's great about the truly transformative inventions and the entrepreneurial ideasthat really end up having a significant impact is they start relatively small and most peopledon't quite understand even what you're talking about,

革命性發(fā)明是非常偉大的 根據(jù)它來創(chuàng)業(yè)的想法會造成巨大影響 這種發(fā)明都有一個共同點 也就是一開始規(guī)模很小 很多人甚至都不理解你講的是什么

and they take some time before they get traction,but eventually they break through and theimpact's far broader than anybody, you know, could have imagined.

這些東西需要時間才能成功 不過一旦成功 其影響力之廣 將是任何人都無法想象的

Morgan and Edison get right to work,transforming a building in Lower Manhattan into theworld's first central power station,a high-tech wonder filled with massive generators capable oflighting thousands of homes.

摩根和愛迪生立刻開始行動 將曼哈頓下城的一座建筑改造成世界第一座中央發(fā)電站 這是一項充滿發(fā)電機(jī)的高科技奇跡 能夠為數(shù)以千計的家庭提供照明

The idea was that from this central station would flow all this direct current,but it also meantthat it had to be transmitted.

通過中央發(fā)電站 直流電將會流出 但這些電還需要輸送

The future of electricity wasn't just illumination.

電的未來并不僅僅是照明

It was power,and power required transmission over long distance.

它是一種能源 能源必然需要經(jīng)過長距離運(yùn)輸